California Midwifery Service

Rosanna Davis, LM, CPM
2225 Grant Road Suite 1
Los Altos, CA 94024

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(650) 964-BABY

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Serving the
San Francisco Bay Area
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SERVICES

At California Midwifery Service we are devoted to and passionate about empowering women through their birth experience by respecting their right to self-determination and providing quality care.

Midwifery care with Rosanna Davis, licensed midwife:

• Birthing From Within classes with Certified BFW mentors - Extraordinary Childbirth Preparation

• Doula Care - For your planned homebirth, special package available in combination with CMS and Peninsula Birth Companions

• Doula Care – For your planned homebirth, special package available in combination with CMS and Peninsula Birth Companions

• Blessingway Facilitation – With Certified Birthing From Within mentor, Stephanie Freeman

• Prenatal Massage – With expert massage therapist and midwife assistant, Maeve Jordan

 

Village Prenatal Care^SM – Group Prenatal Care for planned homebirth

“A fun and empowering way to get prenatal care”

Village Prenatal Care offers support, a place for women to air concerns about their pregnancies, and an opportunity for women to be active in their own care.  The over-all intention is to help women/couples feel a greater sense of empowerment, confidence in themselves and in their ability to care for themselves, their new baby and their family.  More details, click here. (hyperlink: Village Prenatal Care)

 

STRUCTURE OF CARE with California Midwifery Service:

Get acquainted visit: (Pre-pregnancy, first trimester, second trimester or later if there is booking availability for your due date window)

Initial care visit – 60-90 minutes:  Registration (including to facilitate Benefits Verification for insurance), complete health history, assessment of eligibility for homebirth and midwifery care, facilitation of prenatal lab work, holistic guidance for optimal wellness and risk reduction during pregnancy and for birth, information for decisions about other prenatal screening and testing and receiving midwifery care, and coordination of care for medical back-up plan and referral.  Included as appropriate:  genetic screening/testing.  Second visit as necessary to complete initial coordination of care.

	Opt-out Village Prenatal Care - - individual family care	Village Prenatal Care - - individual care and a community experience
8 weeks to 28 weeks	Monthly visits (30-50 minutes) for clinical/physical assessments of mother and baby, continuing guidance as needed for healthy pregnancy and alleviating/preventing common discomforts of pregnancy	Every three weeks on a known schedule, Saturdays 10am-noon: A “Baby and Mom Check” :  Blood pressure, weight, listening to baby’s heart rate, midwife checking for baby’s position and measuring mom’s belly Pain coping practice Time to socialize with the group Snacks Discussion about pregnancy with other women/couples Facilitated activities related to preparing for labor/birth and parenting
28-34 weeks	Every two weeks, continued assessments and guidance, and late pregnancy planning for laboring/birthing at home.	Alternating group and private sessions with midwife for more frequent assessment (mother/baby checks).
36 weeks --  Homevisit	Midwife visit for planned homebirth	Midwife visit for planned homebirth
37 weeks to delivery – weekly visits	Weekly private appointments, and as needed, until birth.	Alternating private appointments and continued group participation, as needed, until birth.
Labor/Birth/Postpartum	The big event	The big event
Postpartum and baby care	2 homevisits in first three days	2 homevisits in first three days
Newborn screen, blood test	In your home when baby 5 days old	In your home when baby 5 days old
Follow-up care	2 and 6 week office visits	Group sessions with your Prenatal Village, Wednesdays 1pm-3pm, with follow-up postpartum assessments with your midwife.